Future Now – MENSWEAR, MATTE VS SHEEN, UTILITARIAN FEATURES on SPORTSWEAR

Future Now - MENSWEAR, MATTE VS SHEEN, UTILITARIAN FEATURES on SPORTSWEAR

SOURCE Acronym’s way of combining contemporary silhouettes with oversized utilitarian details and overlaying with a future-sport palette, is at the forefront of this movement. Prada’s use of webbing and carabineer-inspired closures adds to the feeling of protection from the unknown in a world full of uncertainty. COLOUR From cars to the catwalk, gradients and high […]

Off The Scale – UNISEX, DISTORTED PROPORTIONS, ZOOM IN & OUT – Casual Wear

Off The Scale - UNISEX, DISTORTED PROPORTIONS, ZOOM IN & OUT - Casual Wear

SOURCE Athleisure gets oversized, and sports brands take to the catwalk, as collaborations continue to influence the future of activewear. Tim Coppens’ work for Under Armour took a 1990s flavor and brought it to bang up-to-date, and Lacoste reviewed classic sports and casual styles to make them street-ready through playing with scale. COLOUR A military-inspired […]

Sport Code – Unisex, Iconic Language & Bold Logos

Sport Code - Unisex, Iconic Language & Bold Logos

SOURCE Clear nods to iconic sporting language are at the heart of a strong athleisure visual this season. From Louis Vuitton to H&M, via genuine athleisure brands such as Aether and Outdoor Voices, logos stand proud whilst classic notions of color blocking are brought up-to-date through scale, position, and color. Athleisure is celebrating its roots. […]

Pastels & Neon Nostalgia

Pastels & Neon Nostalgia

SOURCE Street artist ‘Pastel’s stylised floral murals painted on faded exteriors and the playful mark-making of artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz, as seen at Frieze London this year, evoke a childlike aesthetic that centres around a playfully applied and somewhat naïve graphic handwriting. COLOUR New pastel combinations are found in updated takes on the rose and […]

Shoreline – Faded Hand Finished Classics

Shoreline - Faded Hand Finished Classics

SOURCE An authentic Riviera aesthetic is revisited as we take inspiration from designers focussed on authentic, natural fabrics with an archival look and feel that include dry hopsack-like weaves and loosely woven linens. These traditional craftsmanship looks are found in the collections of Anissa Aida and Orley. COLOUR A palette rooted in traditionally nautical tones […]

Easter Craft – Zeb Basics and Calming Neutrals Casual Wear Fabrics

Easter Craft - Zeb Basics and Calming Neutrals Casual Wear Fabrics

SOURCE Inspired by an emerging renaissance of hand crafting techniques, particularly of Eastern crafts such as bookbinding and origami, we are drawn to a calming and authentic aesthetic created by textilebased artists such as Erin Curry. COLOUR These are the new neutrals. A Zen palette of off-whites, sand and barely there blue, layered in calming […]

Treasured Theme for Casual Wear – Touched by Human Hand

Treasured Theme for Casual Wear - Touched by Human Hand

SOURCE Exploring the human connection within textiles, this eclectic, collected look and feel are developed by layering pieces with an aged or ‘touched by human hand’ aesthetic in vintage-inspired fabrics. We are inspired by the most recent collections of Acne and the scavenged, patchworked grounds of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens and print design books. Color A […]

Arctic Style for Menswear Casuals

Arctic Style for Menswear Casuals

SOURCE Barbara Vaughn’s rippling photography inspires through her exploration of aquatic patterning and depth of colour. While her work focuses on water, these natural surfaces are photographed with a several menswear graphic designs in high quality – a contrast that is felt throughout this theme, in which traditional fisherman silhouettes are married with contemporary detailing. Color […]

Club Oasis – Desert Wear Prints Concepts for Fabrics

Club Oasis - Desert Wear Prints Concepts for Fabrics

SOURCE Taking note from the late 1960s and early ‘70s, we find a look rooted in free-spirited escapism and eclecticism. A key inspiration is found in Leonard Knight’s captivatingly colorful Salvation Mountain, hand built from clay and junk in the Californian desert. This revisited fascination with analog creation is seen closer to home in the […]

Casual Tonic Youth – Source, Color & Attitude

Casual Tonic Youth - Source, Color & Attitude

SOURCE A new age of sports-inspired fashion championed by designers including Caitlin Price and Ryohei Kawanish of Landlord sees items creatively layered in striking new proportions. Much like the layered, tiled installations of sculptor Phung Tien Phan, clean lines are emphasized by the bold use of colour. COLOUR Punchy levels of green and plastic-like pink […]